Egg on Shell's face over double aquifer pollution

1 June 1995

As Shell was making international headline news over the Brent Spar affair in June, it was also due to appear in court accused of polluting a Lancashire aquifer with petrol. The incident allegedly resulted from a leaking service station tank. The case is the first of its kind to be brought by the National Rivers Authority (NRA) - which is now contemplating a second prosecution, also against Shell, for a similar incident on Merseyside.

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